Its story

HIP 23980 has a visual magnitude of about 8.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 23980: right ascension 5h 9m 15s, declination +11° 29′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 23980. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 23980, HD 33234, Gaia DR3 3387939682772273664. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.